It’s funny how much work goes into a single day’s event.I’m getting ready to host a birthday party for my son, mostly family, and the guest list isn’t huge. However, I think I’ve spend the last week entirely focused on the 24-hour period we’ll have family in town. A week! Maybe more.

Admittedly, the most fun was had buying gifts for my son. Since moving back here I don’t think I’ve even set foot in the big toy store chain (shh). We’re lucky to have so many smaller, independant toy shops in our area, and I like helping them stay in business. Besides – they have a much more interesting selection, free of alarmingly mature Bratz dolls and breakdancing Elmos. Here’s to small business!

Now, I have to wake up early and make a cake shaped like an island. With pirates. Wish me luck.

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Gary Gocek grew up in Liverpool (central NY) and attended RIT (BS in CS). He has lived in or around Fairport for over 20 years. Gary now lives west of the village of Fairport with his wife, two cats and two guitars. He has two young-adult sons who graduated from FHS.

Gary works as a software developer and enjoys his family, music, ethnic heritage activities, church activities and DVDs-by-mail. He maintains family and other websites. After 9/11, he became a news junkie, gathering news from the D&C, TV, radio and the Internet. Gary says blogging is a natural extension, and for the D&C he hopes to "mix typical diary-like blog entries with humorous posts and comments on local politics."